The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-19
A TRUE DEMoRcanc RALLY.
Now Orleans Times-pemocrat.

New Orleans Times-Demccrat.
Ihe meeting held at Monroe Thursday WIS.
Q DemocratIc rally after the good old style.
ne tsetlonai gathering devoted TO airing 4.
fiaitas g! any special candidate or mined &.
pflas dlscord into the party. no "retoyi,
barbecue, but meeting to which Eli til,
members OF the party were invite q. there /;
a'scass the situation, there to consult anon.
tthsmselvesI to appeal to the people and to d.
tSrns, what was best 70 bs done in the il
hnq enilghten the party, do away wish Ill.
Mttsfhess and d,scora OF purely factio.si
nset. and enable the people to cop,psre the.
aanaldates who appeal to them, to weigh the
a syS;ah p presented and to determine t,
NWltSSh the affairs OF the State shall b.. coI,-
ilaee. LIZ was thus we met of old, and Ill.
sorV. - 'i'
II was with this idea of harmony and De.
IInecIacy that he people of Monroe decide
g call upon all good Democrats to NEE
tnere III u grand rally. and to snb,nt The.
gasss. Invitations were extended 10 all tii4
ssaasss IN the party coungels, and there wcse
pEsseht the Governor and other State otsi
head of the Federal administration in Lon,
lana, and other Democratic chiefs-Eos
illeii OF one wing or faction oaiy, bat reprz-
sentstlyes of every shade of Democratic
sentiment in Louisiana
FL me speeches We're, brilliant, strong anl
ISrclb!e. They speak not to Monroe @.
JaGchlta alone. but to the whole State, sp,.
Jay, before the people ct Louisiana the poiit.
leai Issues now agitating u.s.
:, Itot. MeEhery,s speech was full and corr
kas sought to do What he has ona Avn w Wl
h Proposes. 1t tells the polit,eai listor W.,
louisiana f9f the past ten years, and slow.
so the dnllest mind can see--Nhat is Il;
meaning Of this roaring reform for whici:
GlQ PURPOSES OF the 'srpfnr,,prS
!, Apu he tells ns VII It has been accomplished
IN the past siX years. i'll facts full OF iuterest
u ngures no dry but bright and encowi-
ngsng, Let those yho hesitate read the CO..
more children attend our schools to-day thats
Under Nichols. now many millions our pros
sfties have grown in yalue, how many thou
hhand acres more our farmers now cultivate,
because they are safe from overflow: how ths.
Ellnd and deaf and sick and Che Suffering Gr.
bstssr housed and cared for: how our iaxes
gre smaller, our levees higher; how industr.
has thrived and the people prospered. il.
there any Democrat who doubts that the go,
ern1ment OF Louisiana is in the hand sof tris..;
ana true Democrats, and that the peopi
nave prospefed as far as the State can muk..
them prosper?
ahe reformers are without views or policy.
Put fall back on ahnse of Gov. McEnery ns
hundred speeches disappear before the cIes
ana thorough explanation and review he DIT
scented Thursday: In one speech he has a,
initiated all their score of orators on ever
charge, from personalism down, and his &
guments are 30 sound, and his facts 40 b.
You'd controversy, that they carried the who!
audience with him, an audience which W.
IN no sense fractional, and as it convince
and satisfied the people Of Ouachita til.
Gov. McEnery had well administered the al
fairs of the State, and that his election wo,ll
De OF benefit to Lonisiena, 80 will it gatisJ
the white Democrats from Arkansas to til.
Gulf, from the Pearl to the Sabine.